Tiffany Bond  🦞 🇺🇸Verified account

refundable credits?

This is the part of the IRS code that gives credit for taxes to help make coverage "affordable" under the ACA. #mepolitics

There are 2 main mechanisms: 1. Providing credits to the insured related to premiums 2. Providing payments to the insurer toward deductibles

#2 is the one that previously has been thrown under the bus, which is ridic, because it's a better deal for the gov't. Those payments only

go out if the services are used. Not what I would target, but seems to have a bullseye from the GOP.

#1 is what effectively helps scale premiums to income for those who do not qualify for Medicaid. (called MaineCare here) #mepolitics

So far this bill appears more nefarious than prior versions. 36B doesn't hit the professional class that much, but it hits middle class...